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Cemetery Details

Location Roma, Maranoa - Queensland, Australia
Co‑ordinates S26.57525, E148.79568
Description

Roma Cemetery is in Lewis Street, south of the railway line, on the south-eastern corner of the town.

Roma General Cemetery is a fairly large regional cemetery in south-west Queensland. It contains denominational portions, with inscriptions dating from 1872, and a more recently added lawn cemetery and columbarium. The grounds, with an avenue of trees down the centre, were in excellent order when John Arthur visited the site in June 2007. He says that some of the older graves, especially those relocated from the original cemetery, face east whereas the cemetery is aligned to face approximately ESE.

John made digital images of all visible inscriptions and the list of all inscriptions for this cemetery (austcemindex.com) was compiled from his images and with reference to the Queensland BDM search facility and to the Australian War Memorial military rolls for both world wars for additional information.

John is grateful for the assistance given him by the Roma & District Family History Society Inc, which welcomes inquiries. Contact the Society at Roma History Lodge, (PO Box 877) 17 McDowall Street, Roma Qld 4455; phone: 07 4622 7322; email: [email protected]

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Names

Showing 8 people of interest from cemetery

HILL, Albert Thomas

Service number QX17919
Private
Born 27 Dec 1906

WHIP, Albert James

Service number 3134
Private
42nd Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 18 May 1889

BISHOP, Patrick

Service number 1545
Driver
13th Field Artillery Brigade
AIF WW1
Born 19 Apr 1887

NORTHFIELD, Wilfred John

Service number 1455
Private
2nd Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 1892

MCMULLEN, Kenneth Norman

Service number 2335
Private
11th Light Horse Regiment
AIF WW1
Born 29 Jul 1894

HOLDWAY, Charles Burton

Service number Q228632
Lieutenant
19th (QLD) Battalion Volunteer Defence Corps (VDC)
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 21 Sep 1892

STEVEN, James Gordon

Service number 2443A
Sergeant
9th Infantry Battalion
AIF WW1
Born 31 Jul 1893

RAYNER, Frederick Charles

Service number QX37735
Private
2nd/4th Infantry Battalion
Australian Military Forces (Army WW2)
Born 9 Sep 1919

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